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' Oct 1948- D. P. LAVIETES 2,451,838

SMOKERS PIPE Fil ed July 9, 1946 INVENTOR. DAVID R LAVIETES BY I Al fimuef Patented Oct. 19, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SMOKERS PIPE David P. Lavietes, Boone, N. C.

Application July 9, 1946, Serial No. 682,404

1 Claim. 1

My present invention relates particularly to pipes having bowls of wood such as briar root. Such a pipe usually has an integral shank or stem extending from the bowl and an elongated bit detachably secured to the extension shank.

I propose to use a bowl having a short integral shank to which one end of a tubular extension is secured by means of a special splicer tube and spacer. A short bit is then detachably secured to the outer end of this extension.

Fig. l is a side view of a pipe embodying my invention showing in dotted lines the interior construction.

Fig. 2 is an exploded side and sectional view showing the principal parts of the pipe on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a side view and partial section showing the splicer tube.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the spacer washer.

Fig. 5 is an end View showing the spacer washer in place on the splicer tube.

The three main parts of the pipe are the bowl member I, the extension tube 8 and the bit member 9.

The first two parts are connected by a splicer tube I having a metallic spacer washer l l mounted on the tube I0. 1

The bowl has a short shank 12 at its base in which a recess 13 is cut to receive the end of the splicer tube Ill. The other end of the splicer tube fits in a recess 14 in the inner end of the extension tube 8. This tube 8 is also preferably made of briar wood.

The splicer tube is of metal such as aluminum and has fine teeth l0 cut longitudinally along its length so that when it is driven into the recess 13 in the shank of the bowl it will resist rotation by the engagement of the teeth with the side wall of the recess. A similar interlocking of the extension tube 8 with the splicer tube is effected in the same manner when the tube 8 is made of wood. The outside diameter of the splicer tube In before scoring it is approximately the same as the inside diameter of the washer. The spacer washer l I may be forced onto the splicer tube 10 either before the splicer tube is inserted into the recess [3 in the shank or afterwards.

When one end of the splicer tube It! is inserted in the recess [3 in the bowl shank l2 and the tubular extension 8 is applied to the other end of the splicer tube the spacer washer II which will by then have been placed on the splicer tube I0 will be forced to slide along the splicer tube I0 until the washer is tightly held between the rim I of the shank I2 and the rim [6 of the extension tube 8.

Suitable cement is usually applied to the outer wall of the splicer tube I0 and to the faces of the spacer washer I I or to the surfaces of the recesses l3 and I4 and the end rims l5 and I6 before as- 2 sembly so as to ensure permanent adhesion and eifect a tight joint.

The extension tube 8 has a chamber [1 and the bit 9 has an extension 18 which frictionally or otherwise fits into the end of this chamber for adjustment or to enable the bit to be detached for cleaning out the chamber l'l.

Such a construction greatly facilitates factory construction and assembly of the parts.

A small passage l9 connects the bowl chamber with the recess 13 and the passage through the splicer tube II]. A tubular or grooved guard member 20 of a conventional form may be mounted in th bit l8 in the usual manner and project into the chamber 11 of the extension tube l8 if desired.

The tubular member 8 has a passage 2| connecting the recesses l4 and l! and of course the bit has a passage 22 of the usual type.

Such a construction makes it possible to use briar wood blanks havingvery short stub extensions such as 12. The extension 8 may be formed of the same type of wood if desired to provide an attractive appearance.

I claim:

A smokers pipe comprising a wooden bowl member having a short shank with a recess therein, an elongated wooden tubular member forming an extension of said shank and having a recess in one end, an elongated metallic splicer tube having fine teeth cut lengthwise thereof along its outer surface and having one end bitingly secured in the recess in the shank of the bowl and having its other end bitingly secured in the recess in the end of the wooden tubular member, a bit member having one end secured to the other end of the wooden tubular member and a separate metallic washer member slidable lengthwise on the metallic splicer tube and sealed between the faces of said shank andsaid wooden extension member.

DAVID P. LAVIETES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 80,527 Young July 28, 1868 90,554 Kaldenberg May 25, 1869 1,989,069 Warnke Jan. 22, 1935 2,262,660 Warnke Nov. 11, 1941 2,317,180 Daignault Apr. 20, 1943 2,378,175 Benedict June 12, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 584,501 France Nov. 21, 1924 229,516 Great Britain Feb. 26, 1925 

